[governance] Internet humbles UN telecoms agency

[John Curran]

On Dec 14, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> ...
> [Milton L Mueller] So, to summarize it was really the process, not the substance, and the problem with the process was that a vote was forced on the African bloc amendment regarding nondiscrimination instead of using consensus. So the only modification to my blog post would be to weaken its stance: people were less worried about the nondiscrimination requirement per se than they were about the lack of consensus behind the amendment, and the breach of faith involved in doing that. Correct?

Milton - 
 
  Tentatively "yes"...  I think we agree on the _event_ that finally 
  caused the breakdown (i.e. it being the vote on amendment regarding 
  non-discriminatory access), but I indeed see the issue being far 
  more with the process used in face of a clear lack of consensus, 
  rather than the outcome of that particular provision.

FYI,
/John

Disclaimer:  My views alone.
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